Expression of the Escherichia coli chromosomal ars operon

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 662-671

  Cai, Jie ^a   DuBow, Michael S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

arsenic resistance; Escherichia coli; gene fusions; transcription

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0029762409     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-091     Document Type: Article

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